Car for scenic railways.



No. 769,490. PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

V. ROSENBERGER. CAR FOR SCENIC RAILWAYS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1. 1904. N0 MODEL.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR UNITED STATES Patented September 6, 1904.

PATENT OEEicE.

CAR FOR SCENIC FIAILWAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,490, dated September 6, 1904.

Application filed July 1, 1904. Serial No. 214,843. (No model.)

To (/l/ 1171,0110 it 'HLfl Z/ concern:

Be it known that l, VALENTINE Roseanne- GER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cars for Scenic Railways, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in cars for scenic railways, and has for its object to add to the novelty and sensation in traveling in one of these cars by causing the seats of the cars to be automatically revolved at predetermined points.

\Vith these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the con struction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved *ar; Fig. 2, a plan view of the car; Fig. 3, a bottom plan view of the car; Fig. I,'a plan view of the track, showing the cam-surfaces for operating the seats.

A represents the body of the car, which may be of any shape or design desired, and B represents the seats, which are secured to the vertical spindles (1, which are journaled in the bottom of the car and also in the framework of the truck. The spindles 0 each carry a wheel 1), around which a chain or cable E passes, connecting all the spindles together, so that they may be moved in unison. Upon one of the spindles C is secured a gear-wheel F.

(i is a segmental rack in mesh with the gearwheel F, and this rack is loosely journaled at the point H. Extending outward from each side of this rack are the arms I, and upon the outer end of these arms are the turned-down contacts J, which extend down below the surface of the rails.

K represents cam-surfaces secured in between the tracks to the road-bed, and one of the contacts J is adapted to come in contact with these cam-surfaces K as the car is traveling forward, and said cam-surfaces will thereby force the contacting contact toward the center of the car, which will rock the rack G, and thus communicate the motion to the gear F, and said gear is of such a size that this movement of the rack will cause one halfrevolution of the seats, and by havinga camsurface upon the opposite side of the track which will come in contact with the other contact-point, forcing the rack in the opposite direction, the seats will be returned to their normal position.

By making the cam-surface with a long gradual curve the seats can be made to re volve very slowly, or by making the curve shorter the seats can be revolved fast. Therefore the movement of the seats can be regulated as desired, and the seats can be made to revolve in ditl'erent directions from one another, if desired, by crossing the chains or belts E; but I do not wish to be limited to any of these details, as I wish to be protected upon the broad idea of automatically revolving the seats in a car of this description.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is* 1 1. In a car of the character described, seats secured upon vertical journaled spindles, means for connecting all of said spindles together so that they may revolvein unison, two movable contacts upon each side of the car extending downward below the surface of the rails, cams located upon the road-bed adapted to move said contacts backward and forward as the car travels, and means for communieating the movement of said contacts to one of the spindles of the seat, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In combination with a scenic-railway car and track, a plurality of seats arranged within the car and secured to vertical spindles, wheels secured upon each of the spindles, chains or belts passing around said wheels to cause all the spindles to revolve in unison, a frame journaled loosely to the car, arms extending outward from said frame upon each side, contacts located upon the outer ends of the arms, cams secured between the rails, every other cam being upon the opposite side of the track, one of said contacts adapted to come in contact with one cam so that said frame will be forced in one direction, said frame being forced in the opposite direction by the other contact coming in contact with the opposite cam, and means for communicating the movement of said frame to the spindles of the seats so as to cause said seats to make one half-revolution each time the frame is oscillated, as specified.

3. In combination with a scenic-railway car and track, a plurality of seats secured to vertical spindles, wheels secured upon said spindles, chains or belts passing around said wheels so as to cause all of said spindles to move in unison, a gear-wheel secured to one of the 

